We understand that the purpose of the State Liability Amendment Bill is to reduce the impact of lump sum payments on provincial health budgets, allowing provincial health departments to better manage the competing demands on their resources. According to the memorandum, reducing the impact of lump sum payments for medical Continue Reading
South Africa risks continued failures to fulfil its human rights obligations to people if the government’s austerity policy is maintained, civil society organisations have warned at the United Nations Committee on Economic
Johannesburg / New York, 10/01/2018— SECTION27, the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ), and the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) argue in a submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights…
We fully support the establishment of this Expert Panel to consider appropriate mechanisms to ameliorate the impact of the VAT increase on poor and low-income households.
On Wednesday 28 February, a broad cross-section of South African civil society organisations (CSOs) called on Parliament to halt the proposed increase…
We are extremely concerned about the implications of proposals to increase VAT, which places a disproportionate burden on the poor. Any potential revenue shortfall should be addressed in a manner that increases the progressivity of the taxation system.
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Debates about the budget should be based on the real human rights issues that people across the country are facing. The Constitution requires that the budget responds to these issues. In the 2017 Human Rights Budget Speech, more than a dozen NGOs have set out concrete, costed proposals for a Continue Reading
Want to know how much money is going to be spent on salaries for teachers in KwaZulu-Natal for the next year? OR how much money will go towards treating TB in Gauteng? The National Treasury has just published all the budget information for the year ahead on its website for Continue Reading
SECTION27 welcomes the Gauteng Premier’s announcement on Monday, 10 December 2012, that the Provincial Treasury will intervene in respect of some functions of the Provincial Department of Health (“Department”).
The Treatment Action Campaign and SECTION27 Welcome the Minister’s Health Budget Vote. But More Needs to be Done to Deliver on the Right to Health. Announce and Implement Plans Urgently!
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SECTION27 welcomes increases in the health care budget, but concerns remain Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivered the 2012/13 Budget Speech to Parliament yesterday. Considering the difficult fiscal environment in which the 2012/13-2014/15 was formulated, SECTION27 welcomes the proposed increase to the health budget of R12.3 billion over the next three Continue Reading